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my john danby father john george was still alive when he married in 1936 and listed as a coal miner witness,s were lucy mawson and edward davidson

No help there then!

Births Dec 1915 (>99%)

Mawson Lucy A Alderson Auckland 10a 338

Another random offering!! No image available to check name. Just chucking it in as there as a Notts link with Melita's 2nd marriage.

Name: John Denby
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1914
Date of registration: Mar 1988
Age at Death: 74
Registration district: Mansfield
Inferred County: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
Volume: 8
Page: 469

There are 3 Astill/Mawson births in co. Durham - 2 before the above marriage and 1 just after interestingly - so if you are truly desperate you could pursue this, though it's unlikely these family members will know much.
Jan

thanks for all your help my head is now spinning lol

Just to say that the one John George Danby listed as such of about the right age was born in Thornaby in 1884 and married Charlotte Ann Seaton but died in 1914. Even if the son's marriage certificate in 1936 did not show him as deceased, there are many examples of the word "deceased" being omitted from the details of the groom's father.

If this John George Danby is correct, then his son would not have known him, and may not have known his father's occupation (although it is also possible that he changed from bricklayer to miner and died in the mine? He is living in the right area to be a miner)

You could purchase the birth certificate that Jan found:

Births Mar 1913 (>99%)
Danby John E Danby Hartlepool 10a 323

but this might not give you the link you need.

Can you get access to the electoral rolls in the area for 1936 and backwards to 1913?